A darkly comic thriller, "Gypsy Hearts" tells the story of Richard Milhouse "Nix" Miller, 25-year-old American scam artist posing as a Hollywood screenwriter in Prague--a decrepit Old World city hungry for American glamour. But he meets his match in the sexually rapacious Monika, a gorgeous, half-Gypsy "femme fatale", whose stone-cold amorality makes even Nix look tame.
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Even a con man needs a change of scenery now and again, and for Richard Milhouse "Nix" Miller, Prague seems a good choice. A second-rate shyster in search of new territory and heightened gullibility, Nix flees Hollywood for Europe, adopting the persona of a hotshot movie producer and screenwriter along the way. Charming, arrogant, and handsome, he quickly locates easy prey in Prague, stealing and conning his way to a luxurious free ride. Blinded by success and his inflated ego, he soon finds himself at the losing end of a perfectly executed scam perpetrated by a stunning femme fatale named Monika. Rather than bemoan lost riches, he views the incident as an act of fate and falls desperately in love with the woman. Nix's ardor for Monika leads him on a wild search, in which he is followed closely by a Czech detective and a jealous husband. Convinced that he and Monika would be the ideal pair in both love and business, he'll stop at nothing to bring them together. What Nix doesn't realize is that Monika will take a scam as far as necessary to make it work, regardless of who gets hurt. Fast-paced, clever, and often hilarious, Gypsy Hearts is a wild ride through cynical territory, packed with enough nihilism to keep it in the true noir tradition.
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Richard Milhous "Nix" Miller, prodigal son of a California used-car dealer, is a small-time con man and a master at deluding himself and others. Posing as a Hollywood scriptwriter so that he can more easily pick the purses of the women he meets in Prague's cafes and nightclubs, he lives a fairly uneventful life until smitten by a cool, mysterious Danish beauty named Monika. Possibly a princess, possibly part Gypsy, Monika is clearly more than Nix's match as a con artist. After he eliminates her boorish lover, Nix joins her in an escalating series of cons that spin quickly and frighteningly out of control. Cinematic in both style and tone (Eversz, who currently directs the Prague Summer Writer's Workshop, is also a filmmaker and screenwriter), the novel seems like a cross between an elaborately plotted comedy and film noir. Recommended for most public libraries.?Lawrence Rungren, Merrimack Valley Lib. Consortium, Andover, Mass.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Re-discovered this book,
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This review is from: Gypsy Hearts (Hardcover)
I read this book about a year ago on a friend's recommendation, and remember really liking it. Then I came across my copy last week while clearing out a closet, and thought I'd re-read the first chapter - I wound up re-reading the whole thing. I'm not necessarily a big fan of 'crime fiction,' or whatever category this would fit into, but something about this American cruising around Europe as a con man is really enjoyable. I have since passed my copy on to a friend and he just called me, three chapters in, loving the book - so I thought I'd recommend it to the world at large. This is one very well-written book that keeps you turning the page. Well worth a read (or two!)
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A thrilling, intelligent (and funny) book. A great read.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Gypsy Hearts (Hardcover)
I read lots of crime-fiction, and this book is one of the best I have come across. The charactors are interesting, the plot is thrilling, the locations intreguing and the writing is exciting. My wife was upset, however, that I stayed up all night, and kept waking her with my chuckling. Please let me know when Mr. Eversz comes out with another!
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Didn't want to like it but...,
By Alan W (Yokohama) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gypsy Hearts (Pb) (Paperback)
It was hard to start enjoying this book because the protagonist is such an a-hole but the story was quite exciting and when I finished I wanted to read more.
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